--- title: It came to this in the end, that she transported the Princess just a… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It came to this in the end, that she transported the Princess just as she was, cosily tucked up upon her favourite couch, to her own Grotto, and this new disappearance left all the people in despair, and Gridelin went about looking more distracted than ever. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (much, trouble, new disappearance, Gridelin), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7277:36:23 # text = It came to this in the end, that she transported the Princess just as she was, cosily tucked up upon her favourite couch, to her own Grotto, and this new disappearance left all the people in despair, and Gridelin went about looking more distracted than ever. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 transported transport VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 just just ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 cosily cosily ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 tucked tuck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 21 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 couch couch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 Grotto Grotto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 34 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 Gridelin Gridelin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 46 about about SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 47 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 48 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 49 distracted distract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 xcomp _ _ 50 than than ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | much | | | | in the end | to this | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to this=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **transport** | past | trouble | the Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | past | trouble | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **tuck up** | participle | trouble *not said here* | | trouble's own Grotto | trouble's favourite couch | | cosily *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent upon couch=Trajectory | | 5 | **leave** | participle | this new disappearance | all people | | despair | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent people=Theme in despair=Location | | 6 | **go** | past | Gridelin | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **look** | gerund | Gridelin *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **distract** | participle | Gridelin *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/24/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)